I generally don't like it when games sacrifice fun in an attempt to be more realistic than they're capable of being, and I agree that it seems to be the case with Kingdom Come. I doubt I'll actually get the game, but from what I can tell it looks like the most interesting new game that comes out between now and late march. I'm not the biggest fan of indies, myself, but that kind of cynical and generalising attitude is probably the reason why you only play Dark Souls, RG Metro is developed by an indie company, for the record.

So does Sniper Elite, System Shock and Hellblade which are all indie games. I do like some of the more traditional indie games, like the ones made by Super Giant Games. I hear Divinity: Original Sin and Shadow Warrior are good indie games, as well. But yeah, a lot of the indie games out there are either not very good, or appeal towards a niche audience by being retro or 2D. Not usually what floats my boat.

That reminds me.. I haven't checked out Pyre, yet. Someone on here mentioned it a few pages back. I wonder if it's any good.

I keep forgetting that CD Projekt Red are indie, as well. Mid-budget indie developers tend to make very good games, from my experience. Wish there were more of those on PSN, instead of tons of low budget companies that make different platformers.

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They started out like that but i can't consider a team which is working a game with over 300 developers to be indie anymore tbh.

I get your point though, there are some great indie games and probably shouldn't be all painted with the same brush.

It's the same as people who hate on AAA because they dislike microtransactions, open world etc etc mot all AAA games are like that.

Exactly my point I don't think CDPR can be categorized as indie anymore, not in terms of scale anyway, but they were up until recently. It's been reported that their staff had been working for low pay and under really strict conditions to make ends meet, and it's pretty amazing that they managed to make such a high quality game with a substantially lower budget than triple A games that are inferior in both quality and quantity. I suppose that's the difference between passionate indie developers and triple A publishers who just throw money at a safe formula and expect no one to complain about shallow content.

Took down the second boss in Monster Hunter, had a bit more fun doing it. Might give it another shot before the beta ends, I can see it being fun and the combat pretty meaty if you take the time to master it. Might end up giving it a shot out of boredom.

I've been having issues connecting to PSN for about an hour now. I got online again for a brief while, but then I got kicked out half an hour later. Something tells me this is another hacking attempt by someone :/

0 mentions of that Xbox GamePass announcement? I missed it myself seeing as it was revealed a couple days ago..

sounds pretty big?

Today, Microsoft announced that it was expanding the Xbox Game Pass to also include brand new, Xbox-exclusive titles. As in, when Xbox One exclusives launch, Sea of Thieves, Crackdown 3, or future Halo or Gears games, they will also appear on day one in Xbox Game Pass.

$10 a month. Basically netflix of gaming.

I'd never buy another first party single player game again if Sony did the same, doubt they will though

@Firenze wrote:0 mentions of that Xbox GamePass announcement? I missed it myself seeing as it was revealed a couple days ago..

sounds pretty big?

Today, Microsoft announced that it was expanding the Xbox Game Pass to also include brand new, Xbox-exclusive titles. As in, when Xbox One exclusives launch, Sea of Thieves, Crackdown 3, or future Halo or Gears games, they will also appear on day one in Xbox Game Pass.

$10 a month. Basically netflix of gaming.

I'd never buy another first party single player game again if Sony did the same, doubt they will though

Sony already has it in PSNow. You don't get the big PS4 games on it yet but you get some PS4 + tons of PS3/2/1 + classics from sega and old pc.